Oral story-telling is a popular and important pastime in Fiji that helps to keep alive the myths from the old religion, as well as legends about more modern figures in Fiji's history. 

Degei

Degei is considered the greatest of all the Gods and had a hawk companion who one day spurned him having found a mate. One day, Degei found two eggs in her nest and took them back to his home where he kept them warm for weeks. When the eggs hatched, two humans were born. He fed them until they could look after themselves and populate the earth.

These Gods of the old religion are still revered and consulted today and Friedrich Ratzel in The History of Mankind noted that in some traditions of the country, Degei was tattooed on women. Degei is also associated as the God of earthquakes, storms and seasons.